While using MS Word 2008 I started getting repeated computer crashes, and the computer would then crash again while rebooting. For a while I was able to resolve the problem with single user mode and fsck -fy, which I would run twice (once to fix HD problem, once to verify it had been fixed). After rebooting, I fixed disk permissions, and then attempted to repair the HD while being booted from the HD (I was traveling without my emergency install disk). I experienced another crash from which I was unable to recover. I tried using fsck again, which would fix a problem, re-run fsck which would report no more problems, reboot from the prompt, crash during boot, hard reboot, run fsck, which would find and fix a problem, re-run fsck which would report no more problems, reboot, crash during boot, etc. ad nauseum.
I returned home and tried booting (holding C) from the original (2008) Install DVD that shipped with the MBP. Crash during boot. Using option I manually select the DVD: crash during boot. In target mode I connected to a MB: the MBP HD looks fine. Disk Utility's "check HD" can't find a problem. I "repair HD" anyway, no problems found.
Help!?! What should I try next? I upgraded memory to high grade 4GB a couple years ago, and upgraded the HD to a WD 320GB a few weeks ago, which had previously worked fine in an external enclosure. The MBP was in to AppleCare 5 months ago to replace the DVD drive (which wouldn't burn anymore) and the screen. Never had crashing problems before this episode.
I also zapped the PRAM, and tried everything on Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup. I re-installed the original 2GB of memory which I had moved to a white MB, and installed the 4GB from the crashing MBP in the MB. MBP still not booting, MB booting fine, so the 2x2GB memory modules should be fine. HD fine, memory fine, what's next?
Tried booting into single user mode again and running fsck, which reported (as before) "volume appears to be okay" and "FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED". Ran fsck again, getting "volume appears to be okay" without the modification warning, but on reboot (safe mode) still crashing.
MBP crashes with grey screen, apple logo, and spinning wheel, perhaps 60-80 seconds after the wheel starts spinning. In safe mode, the computer (usually?) crashes after the gray progress bar has disappeared.
Thanks,
Earlgrey
I returned home and tried booting (holding C) from the original (2008) Install DVD that shipped with the MBP. Crash during boot. Using option I manually select the DVD: crash during boot. In target mode I connected to a MB: the MBP HD looks fine. Disk Utility's "check HD" can't find a problem. I "repair HD" anyway, no problems found.
Help!?! What should I try next? I upgraded memory to high grade 4GB a couple years ago, and upgraded the HD to a WD 320GB a few weeks ago, which had previously worked fine in an external enclosure. The MBP was in to AppleCare 5 months ago to replace the DVD drive (which wouldn't burn anymore) and the screen. Never had crashing problems before this episode.
I also zapped the PRAM, and tried everything on Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup. I re-installed the original 2GB of memory which I had moved to a white MB, and installed the 4GB from the crashing MBP in the MB. MBP still not booting, MB booting fine, so the 2x2GB memory modules should be fine. HD fine, memory fine, what's next?
Tried booting into single user mode again and running fsck, which reported (as before) "volume appears to be okay" and "FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED". Ran fsck again, getting "volume appears to be okay" without the modification warning, but on reboot (safe mode) still crashing.
MBP crashes with grey screen, apple logo, and spinning wheel, perhaps 60-80 seconds after the wheel starts spinning. In safe mode, the computer (usually?) crashes after the gray progress bar has disappeared.
Thanks,
Earlgrey